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Long-Overdue Market and Octavia Right Turn Enforcement Camera Coming in November

By San Francisco Bicycle Coalition on October 22, 2013

San Francisco’s most dangerous intersection is one step closer to safety. The long-awaited right turn enforcement camera will finally be installed at Market and Octavia on November 1, catching drivers making illegal, dangerous and in multiple cases, deadly, right turns onto the freeway. There are more injury collisions at Market and Octavia than any other intersection in the city.

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has been fighting for safety improvements to Market and Octavia for more than a decade. In November, the long-overdue right turn camera will be installed.

While we are relieved to see this long-overdue safety improvement at Market & Octavia, it is disturbing to realize how long this critical safety improvement took, given that Market and Octavia is the most dangerous intersection in the entire city. We call on City leaders to step up their urgency and action toward addressing the known dangerous areas on our streets, particularly in the South of Market area, where we’ve seen a tragic rash of deaths. These are preventable fatalities, and the City must step up to its responsibility to move faster to fix these streets.